Police officer says goodbye to his canine partner killed in the line of duty in Today in Pictures

Oklahoma City police officer Sgt. Ryan Stark leans over the casket of his canine partner, K-9 Kye, following funeral services for the dog in Oklahoma City on Thursday. K-9 Kye, a three year old Belgian German Shepard, died Aug. 25 after being stabbed by a burglary suspect on Aug. 24. Sgt. Stark tried to separate the dog and the suspect before fatally shooting the suspect.

Simon Winson of Manchester, England, fires a fully automatic machine gun at Machine Guns Vegas in Las Vegas. Most visitors to Machine Guns Vegas have already pulled the trigger on an Uzi or an M5 from the behind the controls of their XBox. But with strict gun laws keeping the real thing out of reach for most people, especially outside the U.S., indoor shooting ranges with high-powered weapons have become a hot tourist attraction.

Jorge Alberto Parra lies partially buried in the ground with his lips sewn shut on the sidewalk area outside the U.S. embassy in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday. Parra and three other men said they are protesting the General Motors Company for being unfairly laid-off three years ago. Parra partially buried himself today.

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